Master of Business Administration / Master of Library and Information Studies Combined Program (Library and Information Studies)

The School of Library and Information Studies and the Faculty of Business offer a program of combined study which enables students to earn both the MBA and MLIS degrees after three calendar years of full-time study or six years of part-time study. Students in the online offering of the MLIS program are not eligible for the combined MBA/MLIS program. . Refer to Master of Business Administration / Master of Library and Information Studies Combined Program (Business) for additional information.

Program Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 81 units in coursework, including a 3-unit capping exercise.

First Year (24 units)

LIS 501 - Foundations of Library and Information Studies - normally a prerequisite for the rest of the program
LIS 502 - Organization of Information
LIS 503 - Reference and Information Services
LIS 505 - Introduction to Research in Library and Information Studies
Up to two 3-unit courses from the approved Information Technology courses (see SLIS website for current offerings)
Two or three 3-unit elective courses.

Second year (30 units)

MBA required courses

Third year (27 units)

Four 3-unit MBA elective courses
Four 3-unit LIS courses (LIS elective courses and up to one Information Technology course)
Capping exercise: SEM 641

Ethics Requirement

Students in the Master of Library and Information Studies programs must meet the GPS Ethics and Academic Citizenship Requirement through the completion of INT D 710 by the end of the first term of registration in their degree program.

Professional Development Requirement

Students in the combined MBA/MLIS program must satisfy the GPS Professional Development Requirement .

Length of Program

A full-time student who is registered for the combined MBA/MLIS program normally will be able to complete the degree requirements in three years. Students may undertake the combined program on a part-time basis.

The maximum time to complete the course-based combined MBA/MLIS program as set by the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies is six years.